Accused robber also suspected in hold-up

Police said Frederick Kennedy Daniels went to the man's Park Avenue house at about 3 a.m. Sunday and asked to use the telephone, saying his car was in a ditch. Daniels forced his way inside the house after the man asked Daniels to wait outside, Commerce police Chief John Gaissert said.

Daniels stayed in the house for about an hour and before leaving asked the man for money, Gaissert said. The man told Daniels he didn't have any, police said.

Daniels returned to the house shortly before noon and again asked for money, Gaissert said. When the man again declined Daniels' request, Daniels grabbed the man's wallet and made off with some cash, Gaissert said.

A Commerce officer took Daniels into custody a short time later and the victim identified Daniels as his assailant, Gaissert said. Daniels is charged with robbery by force, and police believe he me be connected to another robbery in town.

Last Tuesday, a man robbed Warren's Package Store on Old Maysville Road at gunpoint.

"He is going to be a person of interest" in the store robbery, Gaissert said. "We're looking at our evidence. ... and we're going to see where the investigation takes us."